a bizarrely-dressed person · kabuki: traditional Japanese dance-drama featuring bizarrely-dressed performers
köken: Term first attested around the Tenshō era (1573-1592). The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 傾く (kabuku, “to tilt, to lean”). The kanji spelling is an example of phono-semantic ateji (当(あ)て字(じ)), literally "song, dance, and skill".
aile: 歌舞伎唄, 歌舞伎絵, 歌舞伎踊, 歌舞伎踊り, 歌舞伎音楽, 歌舞伎狂言, 歌舞伎劇, 歌舞伎子, 歌舞伎若衆, 歌舞伎座
kabuki (form of Japanese theatre)
köken: Borrowed from Japanese 歌舞伎 (かぶき, kabuki).